Loose-leaf-dispensing device.



M.-M. GOHN. LOOSE LEAF DISPENSING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 22,1914.- v I Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

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M. M. OOHN. LOOSE LEAF DISPENSING DEVICE. APPLIUATION FILED JULY22,1914,

Patented M2112, 1915.

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LOOSE-LEAF-DISPENSING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2, 1915 clude the provision of a carton which isparticularly constructed to serve as a container and wrapper for a stackof interfolded sheets of paper owels or the like; and to operate eitheras a holder and dispenser itself, or as an adjunct to' a separatedispensing device;

the provision of such a d spensing device to act as a receptacle for thecarton, with mclosed towels, from which the towels may be withdrawn asused: and of means on the holder for supporting the interfolded sheetswithin the carton, when this is in position within the holder. and whichwill also prevent the lowermost interlolded sheets in the carton frombecoming jammed or wedged.

Further object will hereinafter appear.

The invention consistsof the parts and the construction and combinationof parts as hereinafter more fully described and claimed. haltingreferenm to the accompany ing drawings. in whirl" Figure 1 is aperspective of a carton show ing the meth d of folding the sheets. Fig.2 is a perspet-the of thrfront of a full container. Fig. 3 is a rearview of the container empt y.

A represents :1 carton adapted to contain a stack of paper towels, whichare so interfolded, with relati n to each other, that the 'vithdrav-nlof out: towel will withdraw a portion of the next towel, thus forming at nge." hold wherewith to grasp and withdraw each towel in uccession.The carton consists of a single sheet of cardboard folded to form a hacksection 2, short u turned front bottom station 3 and a foldab 0 fronttop ilnp section l; sufficient space being provided litZtWQMLlllE fiapand-bottom section to form what might he called a dischar e slot 5,through which the interfolded towe s may b6 withdrawn, one at a time.The'carton proper is provided as a holder for the towels and also servesas a wrapper in which the towels may be shipped from the dealer carton,but preferab y as shown in Figs. 3

and 41; that is, end! paper towel or sheet is Folded adjacent to itscenter, as shown at 6, so that the sheet is divided into two portions ofunequal length, as indicated at 7 and 8. The longer section 7 is thenfolded in an opposite direction to sheet 8, near the outer end, to forma short and fold and finger-hold 9. The sheets thus folded into sections 7, 8 and 9 are then interlea tedin such summer that the shortsection 8 of one sheet will always he interposed between the longsection 7 of the two succeodingsheets.

The sheets when thus interfolded may be pulled out from under the stack,one by one, and will, when reitiov'ed, always free the large section 7of the following sheet, or,-

in other Words, pull it out to a position where it'mqy be easilygrasped.

In practice, the folding and interleaving is done by machinery, not hereshown, in

which the paper is 'fed in continuous sheets from two rolls and cutalternately and inter folded. They are then stacked, not in a squarecolumn. hut diamond shaped, and/insertedinto the carton: the diamondshape of the package bringing the interfolded leaves into Verticalposition so they stand parallel with the front wall 4 of the carton withthe lip '9 of a sheet protruding through the slot 5.

The filled carton .with its sheets is held in position by passing apaper hand 10 around it. and posting the ends together: awhile thecarton A may he used as a dispenser,

still most people prefer a permanent fixtureopen-at the hack except fora pnir of rear.

curved guides 14. Guides 14 are secur 'ed et their upper ends to a crossrod 16 and hnye their lower ends curved, as at 17, and ex tendedinwardly to join the fi'ont section at an acute angle below slot 12;this distance from the lower edge of slot 12 to thepoiut of juncture ofthe guides with the front bein equal approximately to the length of ap 3of the carton A. A rod 19 similar to rod 16 is provided at the lower endof the casing at the back, on which is slidably mounted the clips 20 bywhich the casing may be secured to a suitable support. The slidablemounting of the clips 20 permits them to be moved along the rods to aposition where they may be brought into register with the studding iii awall or like support. I

A casing constructed as shown is cheap to manufacture and light inweight. As the top, bottom and rear side; of the casing are entirelyopen, it can, therefore, be secured to practically any kind of asupport, and in any place within easy reach of a wash-stand, and byreason of the small amount of material used in manufacture and itssimplicity in construction may practically be given away to users ofcartonwrapped towels.

In practice, when loading the holder, the band 10 is removed and thefree end 9 of a towel made to project through the carton slot 5. Thecarton is then dropped into the holder just described; the curvedsection 17 of the rear guides causing the back section 2 of the cartonto assume the same curvature as the uides, so that the towel lip 9 isautomatica ly fed through the slot 12. By reason 0f the peculiar diamondshape of the stock and carton, all the towels assume a substantiallyvertical position parallel with the front 11 of the holder. To keep thecarton front from slippin down as the towels are used up, andpart y orwholly closing the slot 12, I. employ suitable means, as a pair ofspring arms or fingers 22 which exert sufficient pressure on the top-ofthe carton to force it backward against the rear guides 14. In order toprevent the lowermost towels from becoming wedged and pinched at thesharp angle formed at the point I intersecting of the back 2 and front 3of the carton, when the latter is dropped into the holder, I preferablymake one or more notches 23 in the lower edge of the carton to-exp sethe bottom edges of the lowermost and forwardmpst towels, and provide.the brackets 24 on the front section of the holder, which brackets fitinto notches 23 .and serve to support said front bottom towels fromdropping into where they might have a tendency to become jammed orpinched.

The provision of the carton is of great im portance' as it permits theholder to be refilled quickly without any trouble or inconveni'en'ce.'It furthermore prevents all lia bility of disarranging the interleavedtowel sections and also nsures delivery of a given quantity.

The special fixture is important because into a vertical position, whilethe interme diate section of towels are permitted to as some a more orless diagonal position. They will thus not only occupy a much narrowerspace, but the weight of the entire stack is practically all taken up bythe upper end of the curved guides, as indicated by arrow 0, leaving thelowermost towels free to be drawn out without laceration or beingsevered.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent 'is 1. A paper towel dispenser and holder for cartonsincluding acase having a pair of spaced uides at its rear which guideshave curved lower ends, and a pair of spring fingers connected to thecase at the top thereof and having free. portions alined with the spacebetween the guides adapted to engage and press the front of the cartonagainst said guides.

A paper towel dispenser and holder for cartons including a case havingapair of spaced (guides at its rear which guides have curve lower ends,and a pair of spring fingers connected to the case at the top thereofand having free portions alined with the space between the guidesadapted to engage and press the front of the carton against said guides,and a carton engaging bracket at the front lower end of the casinadapted to be received in a notch provided therefor in the carton.

3. A paper towel dispenser and holder for cartons includin a case havingrear guiding means for t e carton rear, and means to engage the topportion of the carton to force same against said guiding means tothereby assume the greater part of the weight of the carton.

4. A paper towel dispenser and holder for cartons including a casehaving a withdrawal slot and a projection below the slot engage thetowels to hold the latter abovethe carton bottom.

6. A dispensing device including a case having sides and an open back, arod connected to the sides and extending across the 7. A paper toweldispenser and holder for cartons includ drawal slot, ease to engage thetowels above the carton ing a case having a Wlthand means at the base ofthe within the carton to support bottom.

8. A paper towel dispenser and holder for cartons including a casehaving a Withdrawal slot, in to engage with eans at the base of the casein the carton and to support the towels above the carton bottom, andmeans adapted to frictionally engage the top of the carton to assume thegreater part 16 of the weight of the carton.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

MAX M. COHN.

Witnesses:

Mormon L. DINKELsPIIm, S. SONNENBERG.

